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Evaluating the Existence of an Attorney-Client Relationship

By Robert Ross | Posted on April 20, 2016

When evaluating a lawyer’s potential liability for professional misconduct (or malpractice) one of the threshold questions involves the existence of an attorney-client relationship. While attorneys may occasionally incur malpractice liability in cases where no attorney-client relationship existed, these are exceptions. As a rule, the attorney owes a duty of professional competence to clients, and almost all… Read More »